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held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction,
the decision of such court shall not affect or impair any of the
remaining provisions. It is hereby declared to be the legislative
intent that this Act would have been adopted had such uncon-
stitutional provisions not been included therein.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and having
been passed upon a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths
(3/5) of all of the members elected to each of the two Houses
of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect from the
date of its passage.

Approved March 11, 1943.

CHAPTER 63.
(House Bill 141)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
206 of Article 23 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land (1930 Edition), title "Wicomico County, " sub-title
"Revenue and Taxes, " sub-heading "County Treasurer, " re-
lating to tax bills to be sent by the Treasurer of Wicomico
County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 206 of Article 23 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Wicomico
County, " sub-title "Revenue and Taxes, " sub-heading "County
Treasurer, " be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

206. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer during the month
of July after such annual levy to give notice thereof by ad-
vertisement, inserted once a week for four successive weeks, in
two newspapers published in Wicomico County, and to pre-
pare the tax bills of each taxpayer and forward the same by
mail or deliver the same to the person or persons, or corporate
institution or to the agent of the person or persons or corporate
institution, to whom the property included in such bills as are
assessed, so far as their residence, or postoffice address may
be known or ascertained by said Treasurer on or before the
first day of August next succeeding said levy and such adver-
tisement, hand bills and tax bills shall also contain a clear